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Re: Pacers 2010 Draft Grade for Paul George = F

That's right up there with the draft pundit who in 2000 commented that the Patriots had wasted a 6th round draft pick on a nobody named Tom Brady, who was unlikely to beat out john Friesz to even make the roster

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).

Re: Pacers 2010 Draft Grade for Paul George = F

It's been reported multiple times that Indiana would have taken George even if Hayward were available. Although I guess you could be thanking them more for not picking Paul George than for taking the Hayward variable out of play for us.

Re: Pacers 2010 Draft Grade for Paul George = F

It's been reported multiple times that Indiana would have taken George even if Hayward were available. Although I guess you could be thanking them more for not picking Paul George than for taking the Hayward variable out of play for us.

Yeah, PG was the pick short of some dumbass (at the time) offer to move up from all reports.

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Re: Pacers 2010 Draft Grade for Paul George = F

Remember the Ekpe Udoh hype machine,

Don't need people calling out other posters like this

Draft grades are so unpredictable that I've learned not to care about them in the slightest. If NBA scouts and GM's can't even get it right most of the time, then I certainly don't have faith in sports writers nailing it.

Re: Pacers 2010 Draft Grade for Paul George = F

Draft grades are so unpredictable that I've learned not to care about them in the slightest. If NBA scouts and GM's can't even get it right most of the time, then I certainly don't have faith in sports writers nailing it.

Re: Pacers 2010 Draft Grade for Paul George = F

Re: Pacers 2010 Draft Grade for Paul George = F

I still to this day do not understand how PG went so late, and what other people were missing. The first I heard of PG was when I found out Danny was working out with him before the draft. I watched videos of him playing ball, and while I've admitted many a times I can't predict **** in the draft, I couldn't understand why everyone else wasn't so high on him.

This is exactly what he displayed pre-draft: shooting, length, athleticism, ball handling.. How do NBA teams miss out on that? Now obviously there was no way in hell to predict he would be this good. I've wondered if he ever would. But I've thought he's showed he had the ceiling since the summer of the draft.

I remember arguing that PG was exactly who the Pacers should get (wasn't on here) and people were saying, "no he's a small forward, we already have one." Even at the time I thought he could play the 2.

Anywho, it just surprises me because my assumption is NBA draft scouts would be always interested in potential and raw talent over anything else. Well he showed it?? How was he not drafted 3rd?